NEW DELHI: Ambuja Cements, part of Adani Group, has reported a sharp fall of 86.22 per cent in its net consolidated profit during the quarter ended December 31, 2025. Its profit after tax stood at ₹366.97 crore in Q3 FY26 as against ₹2,662.97 crore it registered in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the company said in a BSE filing.
The company’s net consolidated total income stood at ₹10,363.97 crore in Q3 FY26, a dip of 3.71 per cent from ₹10,763.59 crore it recorded in the similar quarter last year.
Vinod Bahety, whole time director & CEO of the company said, “We are now working to fix some of the specific issues on cost, importantly, power cost, share of green power, fuel efficiency, improvement of WHRS / AFR, improvement of logistics cost, which is part of the blueprint to achieve the targeted cost of ₹3,650 PMT by March 2028. The cost leadership journey has resulted in a 2% lower cost of sales in Q3 (same for 9M is 3%) YoY and enabled our existing assets to deliver EBITDA of ₹850 PMT in Q3 (₹1,045 in 9M), and an overall EBITDA of ₹718 PMT in Q3 (₹943 in 9M).”
Ajay Kapur, managing director (MD), will be superannuating with effect from January 31, 2026, and accordingly, he will be ceased to be the MD, director and KMP of the company.
The company commissioned the 2.4 MTPA Marwar grinding unit, expanding its total cement capacity to 109 MTPA. It hopes to achieve 115 MTPA by March 2026 with Warisaliganj earlier targeted by March 2026 will now be operational in Q1 FY27.
It net worth stood at ₹69,854 crore, up by ₹361 crore during the quarter and the company continues to remain debt free.
The realizations improved by ₹5 per bag year-on-year, market share was at 16.6%, share of premium cement sustained at 35% of trade sales (volume growth of premium cement is 31% year-on-year).
The total costs reduced by 2% year-on-year during the said quarter. Kiln fuel cost (including AFR) stood at ₹1.65 per ’000 kCal, or ₹1.71 per ’000 kCal excluding AFR.
